Clear Advantages
Retained Search Edge
Our premium offering is a retained executive search relationship, which we use to engage with all new clients. This ensures that we have sufficient time to deliver successfully and align our commitment to – and value placed upon – an exceptional process between HW Anderson and our clients.
Dedicated Resource
- Approach: As a retained executive search partner, HW Anderson carves our dedicated resource to our clients and provides a “first look” at talent. We offer clients access to talent from our extensive databases, vast network of industry contacts, and research resources. Dedicating time and resource enables us to conduct specific, targeted, and personalized searches that meet a client’s hiring needs.
- Expertise: Our search consultants specialize in industry-specific executive searches. Our expertise and comprehensive knowledge spanning across industries enable us to cultivate extensive networks and build lasting relationships, allowing us to identify and attract top-tier talent.
- Quality: Delivering high-quality talent is crucial to the success of our clients. HW Anderson prioritizes a client’s culture and needs, ensuring that all facets of a candidate fit seamlessly within the client’s company.
Maximum Access
Repeatable Process
Engaging an Retained Executive Search firm like H.W. Anderson grants businesses greater command in shaping their communication and targeting specific markets through various means:
Customized Search Approach: We at H.W. Anderson collaborate intimately with our clients, adapting to their unique requirements and preferences. This collaboration enables us to identify candidates who not only possess the necessary technical skills but also align with the company’s cultural ethos. Engaging in retained searches empowers us to refine our messaging, making it more focused and effective.
Industry Acumen: Our consultants possess extensive knowledge and expertise in the various asset classes they specialize in. Through retained executive searches, we offer critical insights into current market trends and the competitive environment. These insights are instrumental in fine-tuning our search strategies to align with our clients’ objectives.
Methodology
- At HW Anderson, we leverage our extensive industry networks across the equity, commodity, and macro spaces to reach areas of the market not accessible to others.
- In a retained executive search process, we utilize a confidential reference and referral methodology that allows us to approach important individuals in relevant markets with the utmost efficiency.
- Our long-standing industry relationships are crucial to our success as they enable us to tap into a vast talent pool and identify individuals not otherwise accessible by conventional means. HW Anderson’s access at every level of the market offers us a competitive edge in delivering top tier candidates to our clients.
Access
- As a retained executive search firm, HW Anderson has access to areas of the market not accessible to others.
- We rely on our expansive network of personal relationships to approach individuals otherwise not reachable to the public at-large. Understanding the various market dynamics at play allows us to paint a clear picture of a potential candidate pool.
- Our granular knowledge of markets and the individuals who comprise them enables us to routinely approach senior-ranking individuals, who otherwise wouldn’t consider opportunities, and move them into the active candidate pool. HW Anderson’s edge comes from our ability to deliver top-tier talent not accessible to wide swaths of similarly positioned firms.
Global Intelligence
Comprehensive Context
Retained executive search firms can provide a range of ancillary information to a company, such as market mapping and compensation trends, which can offer several benefits:
- Market Insight: By mapping out the competitive landscape, we can provide cutting edge insight into markets, including where talent is located and the demand for specific skill sets, allowing our clients to make more informed hiring decisions.
- Benchmarking Compensation: A retained executive search allows us to benchmark data on executive compensation to help our clients ensure they are offering competitively within the market so as to attract the finest talent. This allows our clients to maintain market-leading standards.
- Understanding Market Sentiment: By acting as a third party, a retained executive search give us a unique position to provide our clients with honest market sentiment, allowing them to gauge how they are perceived amongst competitors.
Signal Intent
Gain Control
At HW Anderson, we specialize in risk premia recruitment and work with a range of buy side financial organizations, including hedge funds, asset managers, and trading organizations. Our focus on risk premia means that we have a deep understanding of the specific skills and experience needed for success in this area, and we are committed to finding the best talent for each role. Here are some of the types of firms we work with in risk premia recruitment:
INTENT
INTENT
- Retaining an executive search firm delineates a company’s willingness to invest in the search process, and to devote the necessary time and resources for securing top talent within any field.
- Retaining a search firm indicates that a company values a rigorous and comprehensive search process and methodology, and that they are committed to making a long-term investment in the success of their organisation.
- Retaining an executive search firm demonstrates professionalism and dedication to finding the right candidate from an elite and established talent pool.
CONTROL
CONTROL
Retaining an Executive Search firm gives a company more control over its approach to messaging and market targets in a number of ways:
- Tailored Search Methodology: At H.W. Anderson, we work closely with clients to accommodate their specific needs and priorities. This allows us to find candidates who fit both a company’s technical and cultural needs. Working on retained searches allows us to make our messaging more targeted and efficient.
- Market Expertise: Our Consultants have deep knowledge and expertise across the asset classes they engage in. Retained executive searches allow us to provide valuable insights into market trends and the competitive landscape. This insight helps us refine our search parameters to meet our clients’ needs.
- Confidentiality: Our retained executive searches operate on a strictly confidential basis, which allows our clients to control the timing and publication of new hires.
GUARANTEE
GUARANTEE
At H.W. Anderson, our retained executive search terms include a ‘candidate replacement guarantee’. This provides:
- Assurance: In the event that a hired candidate leaves or is removed from an organisation within agreed time, a replacement candidate will be found free-of-charge, assuring the hire of a top tier candidate.
- Risk Mitigation: Our guarantee provides our retained clients with a safety net, ensuring they will not have to restart a costly and time consuming search process if the initial hire does not work out.
- Trust: By providing this guarantee, we demonstrate confidence in our ability to identify and hire best-in-class candidates. We cherish building trust and long-lasting relationships with our clients.
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Team
Our People
Within the hyper-competitive and tight-knit trading and investment community our growth as a firm since inception has been exponential and truly organic. Every specialist HW Anderson consultant has been trained in-house and from-scratch. This ensures our methodology is original and consistent and that our culture is unique. Thanks to this growth we are positioned as a leader in Trans-Atlantic front office search. With three established offices, in the USA, UK and EU, our talented team is uniquely positioned to deliver meaningful value for our clients into the future.